George smith



GEORGE SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIPE-NIPPERS,

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,530, dated DecemberlZO, `1859.` `I

To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, GEORGE SMITH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nippers for Grasping and Turning Cylin-` drical Articles, such as Pipes, Tubing, and the Like; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this speeication, in which- Figure l is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the two figures` To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a bar or lever which is of metal and made of any suitable length aecording to the desired size of the implement. The outer part of this bar or lever may be made round or cylindrical to serve as a han-` dle, andthe inner part is of quadrilateral form and has an oblong slot a, made through it, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Within this slot a, the inner end of a hook or claw B, is secured by a pin C, said pin passing transversely through the bar `or lever land inner end of the hook or claw and secured in proper position by a spring catch D, which is attached to one side of the bar or lever and fits in a groove b, made circumferentially in the pin near one end, the `opposite end being provided with a head c, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The hook or claw B, may be of steel and of the form shown clearly in Fig. 1, and the inner end of the bar or lever is also of steel tempered quite hard and recessed or formed in such a way that one side d, will be a trifle longer 0r project out farther than the other e, as shown clearly in Fig. l. Each edge or side d, e, at the end of the bar or lever forms a straight bearing edge and sufficiently angular to retain or hold the work when the latter ispressed against it.

The implement is used as follows: The handle A, is rasped by the operator and the implement adjusted t0 its work so that the pipe, tube or other Iarticle cf, to be graspedw 1 and operated upon will bebetween the hookf` f 1 or claw and either of the.. edges `,or e, they` i handle A, is thenturnedin thedirectiofn'l 'that will force the edge d, or e, into the arti-'1` 5a` 1 cle f, and draw orbind thehook orlclawt` f upon it. It will be seen at once by referring` to Fig. l, that the greater the resistance oiered by thez article to "thepower applied.1 fby the implement the strongerthehook or@ claw B', and `dge d, orc, of the `bar 'willl 1 grasp the wor and all slipping ofI thetool` or implement prevented `land thez` article;`

therefore may e readily turned as the oper-` ator can `apply his whole strengthtolthe turning of the article," no `effort ,being refp ,f1

quired to hold the tool to its work. Byre-I versing the position `of thehook orclaw B,u i

as shown inred outline Fig. 1, two articles of different diameters may be grasped byl` it, the difference inldiameter being equal to i the difference in the length of the ends"a,.e,f` y

of the bar or lever A. f Eachtool orliinple# y.; ment is to be provided with a numberyofi` hooks or claws so that the implement may` be applied to articles` of various sizes. The Q y manner as shown of securing the hooks .lori` claws in the-lbar or lever,f.to wityby` means` of pin C, and spring eatch D,a`dmittin`g{of3 `1 the facile adjustment of the hooks or claw to the bar or lever.

I do not claim broadlyhthe employment` l or use of a hook or claw attachedzto abarfort` lever irrespective ofthe arrangementherein` shown -and described, but havingthusfde-1 scribed my invention What `I do claimas newand `desireto l cure by Letters Patent, s`,;

The combination with the slottedleverA, l of the movable clawfB, grooved pin @and `holding spring D, as hereinshownand de-` 11 scribed, so thatthe claw"may`betreadily removed from` one side of` the lever to, the 1." other, thus forminguarightorwleftl handed1 instrument, at pleasure `allfas set lfQrth.` l. y

Witnesses: WM. TUSCH, W. HANFT. 

